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Aristophanes

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Aristophanes (c. 448-385 b.c.), the great comic dramatist and poet of Athens. His birth-year is uncertain. He is known to have been about the same age as Eupolis, and is said to have been “almost a boy” when his first comedy (The Banqueters) was brought out in 427 b.c.


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Quote Left You have all the characteristics of a popular politician a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Quote Right
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Quote Left Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. Quote Right
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Quote Left Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war . . . Quote Right
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Quote Left Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh Quote Right
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Quote Left Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master,
At which the audience never fail to laugh?
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